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The Every Student Succeeds Act significantly improves upon No Child Left Behind by, among other things, giving more power back to states and local schools. We’re working to help policymakers and educators take advantage of the law’s new flexibility, especially when it comes to creating smarter school accountability systems, prioritizing the needs of high-achieving low-income students, and encouraging the adoption of content-rich curricula.
Resources:
- Rating the Ratings: An Analysis of the 51 ESSA Accountability Plans
- Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth
- Great ideas from our ESSA Accountability Design Competition
- What ESSA means for high-achieving students
- ESSA and a content-rich education
- ESSA and parental choice
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Predicting students’ academic trajectory from third grade test scores
Olivia Piontek 2.4.2021
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: February 4, 2021
The Education Gadfly 2.4.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Rick Hess and Ian Rowe discuss 1776 Unites and efforts to promote a vision of a unified America
Frederick M. Hess, Ian Rowe 2.4.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Unexpected innovation: Charter schools and novice teacher development
Bill Waychunas 2.3.2021
NationalFlypaper
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What to do about the Covid kindergarten cohort?
Michael J. Petrilli 1.28.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Don’t let bad habits become the “new normal”
Robert Pondiscio, Julie Fitz 1.28.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Career and technical education and the soft bigotry of low expectations
Tamar Jacoby 1.28.2021
NationalFlypaper
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Merit aid and college outcomes
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 1.28.2021
NationalFlypaper
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The unexamined cost of teachers’ time spent choosing instructional materials
Robert Pondiscio 1.28.2021
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: January 28
The Education Gadfly 1.28.2021
NationalFlypaper
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3 ways instructional materials help to address unfinished learning in math
Tim Truitt 1.26.2021
NationalFlypaper